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We did not favour or acquire land for Vadra: Hooda

December 5, 2013
New Delhi, Dec 5: Dismissing allegations of irregularities in the DLF-Robert Vadra land deals, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said that his government did not favour or acquire land for anyone and the issue was being raised to malign Congress and Gandhi family.

"We have not given an inch of land to anyone. People buy land among themselves and we give (Change of Land Use) license and there are no exceptions," Hooda said alluding to the Vadra-DFL land deals.hooda

He was speaking at the Aaj Tak Agenda conclave here, where he was one of the speakers along with his Goan counterpart Manohar Parrikar and Hemant Soren of Jharkhand.

"The government has not acquired land (and given it to Vadra). It is (the dealing) between two parties... A and B. There has been no transaction (from the government side)... There has been no allotment from the government's side," he said.

Hooda added that the issue was raised to tarnish the image of the party and party President Sonia Gandhi.

"The issue has been raised because a special person who has close relationship with other special person... This politics has been done to malign them."

He said that the LUC is given by all governments and so did his.

"The dealing has been between two parties. We gave LUCs, and we give it to everyone. Every government gives," he said.

To this point, Parrikar said that the actual point in the whole case was the "conversion" of land use and if the government is "selective" then questions are raised.

Refusing the charges, Hooda said that his government was not selective in this matter.

"It is (submission) if the government is selective, but Haryana government has not been selective (in giving LUC)".

He added that government has marked out the area for various purposes. For example in Gurgaon, a certain area has been marked for urbanisation. If one's land falls in the area marked for commercial, residential or institutional area, then government gives LUC accordingly.

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News Network
May 15,2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala activist Rehana Fathima has been asked to take compulsory retirement from BSNL after she was embroiled in Sabarimala row.

Stating that her attempt to enter the shrine of celibate god in 2018 had spoiled the reputation of the company among customers, the BSNL, in its order asked her to take compulsory retirement, further claiming that her acts were “subversive of discipline and amount to misconduct”.

She was suspended from service following her arrest in November 2018 over Facebook posts.

Fathima, who is a technician with the state-run communications company, said she will explore legal remedies against the order sent by her employer.

The Fathima hit headlines when she attempted to enter the Sabarimala shrine, which has traditionally been closed to women in the age group of 10-50 years.

She did after the Supreme Court order allowing entry of women in the age group of 10-50.

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Agencies
May 19,2020

Lucknow, May 19: The administration of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) has ordered a probe into the cardiac procedure conducted on a corona positive patient in the hospital.

The patient underwent a cardiac procedure without being tested for corona before the surgery. He later tested positive for COVID-19, leading to panic among the staff and other patients.

The medical staff that came in contact with the patient were quarantined on Monday while the area was sanitized.

As per orders from the State Medical Education Department, even in emergency cases, patients are to be screened for Covid-19 before procedures are done.

According to the SGPGI administration, the incident took place late on Sunday night.

In an official statement, director, Prof R.K. Dhiman said, "The 63-year-old patient was a case of complete cardiac blockage and needed an urgent temporary pacemaker. The patient was admitted to the holding area of the institute and later shifted to the MICU for permanent pace making."

He said that when the patient's corona status was found to be positive on the Hospital Information System, she was shifted to the Rajdhani COVID Hospital.

The Director said, "Though the involved areas have been sanitized and healthcare workers were quarantined as per protocol, a probe has been ordered to investigate the lapses."

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Bloomberg
July 27,2020

New Delhi, Jul 27: India’s coronavirus epidemic is now growing at the fastest in the world, increasing 20% over the last week to more than 14 lakh confirmed cases, according to Bloomberg’s Coronavirus Tracker.

Infections in the South Asian nation of 130 crore people have reached 14.3 lakh, including 32,771 deaths, India’s health ministry said, with daily cases close to a record 50,000 on Monday. India is only trailing the US and Brazil now in the number of confirmed infections, but its growth in new cases is the fastest.

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are among the states where the maximum number of daily cares are being reported. The world’s second-most populous country has been ramping up testing, with 515,472 samples taken on Sunday, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Still, India and Brazil have some of the world’s lowest testing rates, with 11.8 tests and 11.93 tests per 1,000 people respectively, compared to the US with 152.98 tests per 1,000 and Russia with 184.34, according to Our World in Data, a project based at the University of Oxford in the UK.

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